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H. S. BELDEN. Vapor-Burner.

No. 197,202. Patented Nov. 20. 1877.

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Canton, inthe l"coi'inty of stark anu state 'of Ohio, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burners; and I do hereby'. declare thatfthe followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will j enable others skilled in the art Vto which it appertains to make and use the same`,refer ence being had to the accompanying drawing,

. and to letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

The figure is a sectional View, of my improved vapor-burner.

' i. In the drawing, A representsla tube-proceeding from the reservoir of oil, and conducting theoil to that part of the burner used as a retort.k This pipe or tube A, for a short distance from' the end to which the burner is attached, is filled with angular pieces of glass, held in proper place by wire-gauzeor other suitable material., .Y

I' have ascertainedby experimentthat glass thus preparedis of great value forV this purpose, as itis dense, hard, insoluble, not al'ecte'd by heat, not decomposed or chemically affected by oil, not corrosive, easily obtained and put into use. It does not clog with sediment, but allows a regularfilow of oil, though it retards said ilow sufficiently to insure thorough vaporization. Y A

The tube A,`at the delivery end, is attached to a short tube, B, extending fromthe side of the burner, said tube B having at its outer end an annular ilange,` 0,' for forming a retort, as

` win te fully set forth.-

' Tube B communicates with a vertical tube, D, which, at its lower end, isconnected with a horizontal tube, Ewhich leads to the orifice F, where the gas escapes into the mixing-v chamber'G. From the chamber Grsome ofthe gas passesto the burner-tip H for illuminating,

and some through an aperture or orifice, I, di-

rectly beneath the retort-tube B, and contiguous to the vapor-feeding tube'l), for heating purposes.

trolled by the screw L..

It will be seen that the seat for metil-valve QK is formed in one and the same p piece with the burner-valve Le By so1 lrconstructing the .burner` as to contain this oil-"valve Kxand rereceive its lstop-cock, I can or otherwise fori'n, the necessary seat and aperture while the seat and aperture for the stop-cock L are being formed; and by making said oil stopcock a part of, and in the same piece with, the burner, I have reduced the cost of manufacture a large percentage. i

M is a screw-threaded aperture through the burner-tube opposite to the orifice I. N is a screw, placed horizontally across the mixingchamber G, working in the threaded aperture M, so as to open or close the orice I.

It will be seen that if, for any reason, a change inthe quantity of theheat playing upon the retort is required, by my simple construction such change can be efected without affecting the iiow of illuminatinggas.

The heating-jet which escapes from orice I bears directly and mainly upon the retort-tube B and the disk, ange, or shield (L This shield G serves to reflect the heat 'against the tube D and the rest of the burner. It also prevents the heat from passing too far back along the tube A; andshould the heating-jet be accidentally extinguished, it (the shield) will defleet the escaping gas to the illuminating-name for reignition. The illuminating-flame is lighted at the tip H at the top of the burner-tube.

The lower end of the burner tube or chamber Gis cut away, as shown at P, so as to permit the gas escaping from orifice F to draw in, by its violent upward motion, a sufcient amount of air to make the gasperfectly combustible. The violence of this upward current is broken by striking against the screw n, which not only more thoroughly mixes the 'air and gas, but also prevents the. blowing7 in working the screws of a vapor-burner, when heated or soiled, by means of handles attached to such screws, has led: me to invent and adopt a key, It, entirely separate from the burner, wherewith to manipulate said screws. As this key is always cold and clean, the handling of the `screws is, under all circumstances, easy and convenient. For the reception of the key R the outer ends of screws K, L, and N are preferably squared, as shown at k, l, and n.

S is a flange at or near the lower end ofthe burner, which serves to catch any oil that may chance to escape when the screws are open, and also prevents an uneven air-supply by upward varying currents.

The pperation of my improved burner is ex ceedingly simple, and will be readily understood from the drawing and the foregoing description.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vapor-burner, a heating-orifice and an illuminating-orifice, arranged as described, so that the gas-jets can be regulated independently of each other, and can be supplied from a mixing-chamber, substantially as set forth.

2. In a vapor-burner, a retort composed of a horizontal tube, B, having an annular flange, C, in combination with avertical gas-feedtube, D, substantially as set forth.

v 3. In combination with the horizontal tube B and vertical gas-tube D, the f orifice I, contiguous to said tubes B D, and the screw-valve N, passing horizontally through the mixingchamber, substantially as set forth.

4. 'Ihe retort-tube B, formed with a flange, C, and vertical feedtube D, in combination with a mixing-chamber, G, having ahorizontal orifice, I, adapted to supply a flame against all of said parts.

5. A vapor-burner provided with the vertical mixing-chamber G and the vertical feedtube D, connected at their lower ends by the throat E, in combination with the vertical screw-plugs K L, which serve to regulate the flow of oil and the ow of gas into chamber G, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SEYMOUR BELDEN.

Witnesses:

A. THIERRY, H. L. KUHNs. 

